Patents by Inventor Lanny Joe Mullens

Lanny Joe Mullens has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for RF network virtual end nodes
    Patent number: 6914906
    Abstract: A method for virtual end nodes indicates in routing information (51) that the data packet is for a “special access” to an end node with a virtual address (60). An RF network device then inserts the identity of the physical end node (virtual address) into user information (62). If an access point (14) determines that the user information is for the virtual address (66), then all virtual end nodes 41-43 receive the data packet and analyze the virtual end node identity from the user information (68).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Lanny Joe Mullens, David Wallis, Gail Miyamoto, Michael Kronick
  • Method for selecting virtual end nodes in an RF network
    Patent number: 6363070
    Abstract: A method for virtual end nodes indicates in routing information (51) that the routing information is a “special access” to a virtual end node (60). An RF network device then inserts the identity (52) of the physical end node into user information (62) and insert a filter field for selecting which virtual end node(s) are to respond to the user information (63). An end node (41) determines whether the user information is for it (69-72), then the end node 41 responds to the RF network (75), otherwise the end node 41 ignores the user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Lanny Joe Mullens, David Wallis, Eric Eckert